Coinbase’s $75M Raise Shows Investors Still See Gold in Bitcoin

That’s the biggest raise that a Bitcoin company has every seen, despite the fact that Bitcoin’s value continues to decline. Last week, the coin fell below $200. As of this writing, however, it’s worth roughly $210 per Bitcoin.

The community is divided up between traders, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, Bitcoin enthusiasts, and the media. While the media has no hope for the future of Bitcoin, traders showed more faith. They predict that though Bitcoin may have a rough 2015, it will rebound in the years to follow with a 171 percent price increase in 2016 and a 152 percent rise in 2017.

This echoes a larger sentiment in the overall Bitcoin community that the ecosystem is maturing.

In 2014, VCs invested a fat $335 million compared with $96 million in 2013, according to Coindesk. But money isn’t the only indication that Bitcoin is maturing. Many of the Bitcoin startups cropping up are run by entrepreneurs and former financial analysts rather than Bitcoin enthusiasts. And there has been a large emphasis on making Bitcoin companies accountable to their users.